Fire-extinguisher



UNITED sTiiTEs PATENT oEEicE.

`iiiiizimivn E. DHUMY, or

ENGLEWOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LAWRENCE Ls STRAUSS, 0F NEW YORK, N.

EIEELEXTIEGUIsHEE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Een. s, ieee.

Application filed `Iebruary 14, 1919. Serial No. 277,031.

To all 'whom t may concer/n Beit known that I, FERNAND E. DHUMY, acitizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Englewood, county ofBergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fire-EXtin lguishers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fire extinguishers of the dry-powder type.

Theinvent-ionhas for one ofits objects` the provision of a containerhaving therein a pluralityof packages or grenades filled with la Afireextinguishing powder, the container `"being adapted for attachment to awall, the Adashboard of a motor vehicle, orother support, and being soconstructed as to protect thepacka-ges or jgrenades from moisture and toenable a 'section of the containerto be readily detached' and carried'in`one hand to Athe `scene of a fire, with the sever( l grenades vguisherembodying the invention;

F ig. 2 v`a horizontal section on the line II-II of Fig.` 1;

Fig. 3' aperspective View 'of the removable casing section: y

Fig. l a vertical sectional view of another form ofiire extinguisherembodying the invention;

Fig. 5 a horizontal section on the line'V-V `ofFig. 4; and

Fig. 6 a fragmentary side elevation ofthe u lower portion of theextinguishershown in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the construction shown inl Figs. l, 2 and 3, theextinguishercomprises an elongated rectangular casing preferably adaptedto be secured to the wall cfa building, thefdashboard or other body partof a motor vehicle,

or any other desired support, in position to 4be readily accessible incase of fire.

rectangular casing comprises two telescoping sections 1 and 2, the outer4casing section 1 The being provided with suitable n'ieans for fasteningthe 4rear wall thereof to a support.

Any suitable fastening means, such as screws 3, may be employed forsecuring the outer kor stationary casing section to its support.

The detachable or inner casing section E5 telescopes within the sectionl and has an iinperforate front wall formed with an n- -wardly.extending flange spaced frein the side and end walls thereof to form achannel to receive the outer edges of the side and end walls of thesection 1.v A suitable gasket or yieldable packing strip 5 is seated inthe bottom of the channel thus formed, to provide a nioisture-proof sealbetween the casing sections. A suitable quicklydetachable interlockingconnection is preferably provided for preventing accidental separationor relative movement of the casing sections. As shown, the holding meanscomprises a pair of flat springs 6 secured at their inner ends l tothetop and bottoni wallslof the section l and having their free outer endsextending over the flange 4L and bent inwardly toward each other so asto overhang the `front wall of the detachable casing section 2.

The detachable section 2 is provided'witli a plurality of horizontalpartitions 7 div-id ling the same into a series of compartmentshavingopen inner ends. Theside walls of the section 2 are cut away atoppositely disposed points along their inner edges to `forni finger`openings 8, there being one pair cf iinderv openings for eachcompartment; In each compartment `of section 2 a package, grenade, orbomb 9, filled withy a fire-(-ixtiiiguishu ing powder or substance, isstored. These packagesor grenades may be formed of bags or easilyfrangible containers filled with any suitable powder or substance forextinguish# ing fires, adaptedtto be broken by impact, or to be explodedby means of a charge of eX- plosive ignited by a suitable fuse. Y

The casing is of elongated rectangular form and `ofvsuch size as toadapt section 9 to be readily grasped by' one hand and re- `moved fromthe section 1, with the several grenades contained therein. and carriedto the scene of a iire. It will be obvious that by inserting a thumb andfinger ofthe other hand in .the finger openings or slots of anycompartment, the grenade therein may be readily removed and thrownwitlithe saine hand upon the blaze, the grenades being successivelyremoved and thrown.

In the modified construction shown in Li, 5 and 6, the lire extinguisheris of cylindrical form and comprises a stationary 'outer section 10,held to a suitable support by brackets ll, and e detachable innersection l2. The section l0 has an open lower end und section 12 has anopen upper end, the section l2 being provided et its lower end with anannular flange seat against the lower end of section l0. rThe flange i3serves es a seul to prevent moisture entering between the two sectionsand also provides s hand grip to permit section lf2 to be roteted andwithdrawn from section l0. The two sections 1.0 and 1Q ere normally heldin telcscoped relation by means of oppositely disposed bayonet slotconnections embodying bayonet slots lst formed in section l0 and pins'lcarried by section l2. riie bayonet.connections torni quickly detachableinterlocking means 'for holding the two sections in telescoped relation.

The section l2 is formed with wide slots or oppositely disposed lingeropenings 16 eX- tending 'from its upper end substantially throughout itslength, and a plurality roi Y superposed packages or grenades ot ire-eX-tinguishing powder 9 are stored in said cesing section. It will beobvious vthat by grasping the bottom oit section l2 and rotating theseine sliglitlyit may be readily removed and carried in one hand to thescene ot a fire, and the grenades 9 successively'removed with the otherhendrby inserting a thunib and linger in the slots lt,

From the foregoing it will be observed that a iire extingui, her isvprovided comprising a section adapted to be iiXed to a suiteble supportand e section telescoping within the fixed section and containing eplurality ot charges, packages or grenades of VVlire-extingui-Shingmaterial, the section containing seid. charges being readily removablewith the packages therein end adopted to be carried and held in one handwhile the charges are successively removed and thrown upon the burningportion or portions of e structure with the other hund. By thisconstruction e relatively large quantity or {ireextinguishing powder maybe conveniently hendled und the saineinay hc distributed with ease and umaximum ot eiliciency.

TWhat l claim is:

l. A fire extinguisher comprising s casing section et opted to be iixedto e support, s casing section 'for holding peckeges of1{ireeirtiiiguishing material telescoping within the first mentionedsection Vand removable bodily therefrom with its contents, and aquick-detachable interlocking connectionbetween the casing sections forholding the removable section in telescoped relation with the othersection.

2. A fire extinguisher comprising a casing v 18 adapted to .inovel orieckapes section adapted to be secured to a support, rind a reinovebiecasino' sectioniiior holding puckeges of nre-extinguishing materialtelescoping within the first-mentioned section, said removable sectionhaving an open inner end and having portions or its sides cut away toform iinger openings to permit ready reinovel of packages from theremoveble section when the sections ere separated.

3. A. tire extinguisher comprising a casing section adapted to besecured to a support, e removable casing section-tor holding` puckugesoi? fire-extinguishing mete-rial telescoping within the tiret-mentionedsection end having an opei. inner end end po rxtions of its sides outaway to torni linger openings to peiiiiit readyrenewal of packagestherefrom one at e timea and a quick-detachable connection for holdingthe Vsections in telescoped relation Lit. i iire extinguisher comprisinga rectencgular outer casing section having one open endg :i removablerectangular inner casing section telescoping within the outer secionhaving en open inner end, end a plurality of partitions in the ii nersection orining compartments for receiving indiial packages oftire-extinguishing ineterialn the side wells oit said removable seo tionbeing cut away at the inner edges i'zhereoi to provide oppositelydisposed finger openings in the wells of each compartment. 5. A. fireextinguisher comprising :i rectangular outer cesing section having oneopen end, a rectengiiler inner casing section telescoping within theouter section having anopen inner end, said innerv section being adaptedtoglioid e plurslity ot packages ot :tire-entingul :hing material andhaving its walls out .way et intervals elong 'their inner edgesto tornioppositely Adisposed pairs ot er openings to permit ready reindividuelly:troni said section, and e pair of tiet springs held et one end toopposite wells or the outer'cesing section and having inwardly bent treeends engaging the inner casingsection.

` G. A dry-pow ler reextinguisher coniprising telescoping casingsections, onevotI said sections being divided into conipar- Aments forpackages oit `lireextinguishing the channel Jformed by seid iifinge, enda pair ot springs held et one end to oppositesides oi" the other sectionsind having inwardly bent tree ends extendingV over the ilange on theother section and rictionally eiigagino' the oiiterwall oic seid lisngedsec tion. i Y l in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. f

FERNAND E. DHUMY.

